alex
@alexgrover.eth
the thing I forgot when I started this project is that soldering keyboards is a huge pain in the ass and I hate it some of the electronics are roughly the size of a grain of rice and I am not precise enough for this to be quick or enjoyable
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matthewb
@matthewb
totally agree, hotswap switches are just sooo much easier
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alex
@alexgrover.eth
this board is hotswap but I need to solder on the hotswap sockets myself 🥲
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max
@maxp.eth
oof, i did that for my first custom board. millmax sockets, never again
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alex
@alexgrover.eth
I told myself after the last one that I was never going to do it again, and then a few years went by and I forgot, and here we are It’s the SMD diodes that really kill me
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